HIS103Y1 Lecture 30: Bismarck and the States System, 1871-1879 + 1880-1890
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Bismarck and the states system, 1871-1879 + 1880-1890. Two goals were pursued by bismarck, which ultimately failed: The war-in-sight crisis, where britain and russia expressed disapproval for germany"s aggression against france. It was meant to defuse disputes germany had in regards to the eastern question". March 1878: treaty of san stefano creates a new nation the kingdom of bulgaria. This nation became a russian satellite state; a platform for russia to project power elsewhere into the balkans. Russia would suffer a diplomatic defeat @ the congress of berlin. Mid-august 1879: chancellor gorchakov would send a letter to kaiser wilhelm regarding. Bismarck responds by sending a memorandum to kaiser wilhelm. He proposed that germany quickly make an alliance with austria-hungary. In his memo, bismarck explains that the common culture and collective desire to deny. Poland of its independence was to be the rationale of such an alliance. 27-28/8/1879: negotiations would lead to the establishment of terms for this german-austrian alliance.
